Carrier-stop.



PAI'BN'I'ED JAN. 7,- 1908. J; H. BRADLEY. CARRIER STOP.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 16, 1907' 2 SHEETS-SHEBT 1.

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pmww PATENTED JAN; 7, 1908 J. H. BRADLEY. CARRIER STOP. APPLICATION FILED 31:13.16, 1907.

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JOHN H, BRADLEY, OF KENYON, MINNESOTA.

CARRIER-STOP.

Specification of Letters iatent.

Patented Jan. 7, 1 908.

Application filed February 16. 1907. Serial No. 357.703.

To all 'uhom, it mo concern: Be it known that Jonsl-l. BRADLEY, citi zen of the buried States, res ding at Kenvon,

in the county of Goodhue and State of Minnesota, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carrier-Stops, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to elevated carriers and more partioularlv to stops for the cars thereof, and has for its object to provide a stop which will be extremelv simple and cheap, and which may be used to hold a car stationarv upon its track while being loaded or unloaded. I

Another ohject is to provide a stop which out departing from the spirit of the invention.

In thedrawings forming a portion of this specification and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in. the several views: Figure 1 is aview of a carrier provided with the present invention, Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the stop, and Fig. 3 is an edge view of.the stop. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the stop engaged with the track.

lleferrii'ig now to the drawings, there is shown a carrier comprising a car :3 and an elevated .track 6 of the usual type. It has been found that tracks of the kind shown those formed of wire have. a tendency to sag between their supports so that the cars run to the, lowest portions thereof, and it is to lioldthc cars stationary upon their tracks that the present invention is provided, as stated in the foregoing.

The stop is formed from a rectangular blank 7 of suitable size, having a notch 8 formed therein adjacent to its forward end, this notch opening through one edge 9 of the.

blank and slanting toward the forward end thereof.

The notch also opens through the side faces of the blank, as shown, and extends at an angle to these faces, as clearly illusl hold the car stationary.

rated in Fig. 3. he union of the walls of the notch and the side faces of theblank are thus thrown out of alineinent transversely of the stop.

A perforation 11 is formed in the blank adjacent to its rearward end and in alinement with the notch longitudinally of the stop, and in this perforation there is engaged one end of a chainv 12 by which the stop is attached to the car 5.

' In use, when it is desired to hold the car stationary upon the track, the stop is disposed with the track 6 engaged in its notch when the tendency of the car to move along the track will draw the inner end of the stop toward the track and cause the angles 10 at opposite sides of the notch and at opposite faces of the blank to bite into the track and By reason of the fact that the perforation 11 is located at what may be termed the lower inner corner of the stop, the track is caused to wedge against theforward angle 10 and the adjacent angle (indicated at 14) at the inner end of the notch, thus giving the stop a more secure grip upon the track.

It will be understood that the present. in-

xvention may he used in connection with carriers of all kinds and with similar structures.

What is claimed is:

A stop for cars of elevated carriers comprising a blank having a notch formed in one edge adjacent to one end and extending diagona-lly toward said end, the-side walls of said notch extending diagonally with respect to the side fares of the blank and the end f wall of said notch extending at right angles to the sides thereof, said. hlank having an opening therein adjacent to its distal end from the notch and between the ends of the notch, said opening being arranged for the reception of an at taching inen'ibor.

ln testiinoir whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN ll. ll RADlilflY.

\Vitnesses:

ANDREW FRIESTXEY, .Ai.n1-;irr lllLS'lAD.

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